Tuesday Morning Blitz

Tuesday Morning Blitz

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Tuesday Morning Blitz episodes

  • Ep. 18: Joe Judge Triumphs Over Golf

    The regular season has concluded with a Sunday full of chaos... so Cale and Jackson had to pod about it! This episode contains analysis, previews, predictions, totally random tidbits and everything in between. So what are you waiting for? Tune in to hear:

    • Why Cale believes the NFL playoffs were SPOILED by the results of Week 18, and more specifically, by the Indianapolis Colts (2:21)
    • How the Raiders were able to somehow, some way, beat out the Chargers and secure the AFC’s final playoff spot (8:17)
    • Why the Rams are in very big trouble coming out of their home loss to Santa Clara (17:16)
    • The firings of Black Monday, including the very surprising exit of Brian Flores from Miami (21:34)
    • How history will remember the Matt Nagy tenure in Chicago (28:38)
    • Game balls, including offense (31:35), defense (36:19) and special teams (40:47)
    • The aesthetic standouts from the gridiron in the final week of the regular season! (42:34)
    • Head-scratchers of the week, which are beginning to sound like a bit of a broken record for a certain New Jersey-based football franchise (45:33)
    • A surprise segment that may never return... but was quite fun! (55:40)
    • Wild Card Weekend Preview-palooza (56:49)
    • The TMB Official Super Bowl Predictions (1:00:25)
    • ...and the First Annual TMB Awards Previews! (1:09:21)

      • Thanks for tuning into Episode 18. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod, @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

      1 hr 27 min
    • Ep. 17: The Raiders and I

      Lots of teams clinched, lots of others folded, and one of the great receivers of the past decade did a striptease. You might say there was a lot to discuss on this week’s TMB, and Cale and Jackson did their best to make sense of it all. Some of the wild directions the conversation took on:

      • Perhaps the most surprising result of the week, a comeback victory by the AFC North Champion Bengals! (1:36)
      • A wacky season in Tennessee somehow leading to a golden opportunity to earn a first-round bye (6:15)
      • The fallout of the Raiders’ triumph in Indy Sunday afternoon (10:13)
      • A quick timeout to pay tribute to John Madden, who contributes to our continuing love of football by the minute (16:12)
      • The Packers, who have locked up the one-seed and developed one of the most prolific QB-WR connections we’ve ever witnessed (19:20)
      • A true reversal of fortunes for both teams on the field in Dallas (25:26)
      • Brief discussion of the merits of Trey Lance (32:25)
      • Antonio Brown’s meltdown and the apparent end of a truly bizarre career (34:00)
      • Game balls, including offense (42:16), defense (49:05) and special teams (54:48)
      • The best-looking uniform games of Week 17 (58:26)
      • Some late-game head-scratchers that hurt our brains (1:03:40)
      • A Tuesday Morning Reading courtesy of the insane Joe Judge rant (1:11:13)
      • And the Monday Night Football Lookahead! (1:15:58)

        • Thanks for tuning into Episode 17. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod, @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

        1 hr 21 min
      • Ep. 16: The Bayou of Misfit Quarterbacks

        The football season is coming down to the wire, and that means at long last, the landscape of the NFL is starting to clear itself up a bit. This week, we witnessed some impressive wins, some demoralizing defeats, and displays of passion—some inspiring and some ugly. Cale and Jackson broke it all down, including:

        • Why Cale thinks the Cowboys are “BACK back” (1:09)
        • The Bengals FINALLY bringing some clarity to the hectic AFC North race (6:22)
        • A tough weekend for middling quarterbacks fighting to stay starters beyond this season (12:22)
        • Why we want to see the Saints become a haven for some of those struggling starters (23:30)
        • The chaotic mess that is the seven seed in the AFC (25:33)
        • Game balls, including offense (32:55), defense (45:07) and special teams (51:26)
        • Two gorgeous uniform games featuring nothing but Jackson-approved classics (54:51)
        • A bevy of head-scratchers in a week that was downright depressing for fanbases like Seattle and Carolina (57:48)
        • And a Monday Night Football lookahead, since the podcast is actually being posted before kickoff! (1:11:41)

          • Thanks for tuning in for Episode 16. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod, @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

          1 hr 17 min
        • Ep 15: Free Medium Pepsis for Everyone!

          In a week where everything in the NFL was in flux, TMB is proud to present an episode as full of ridiculousness as any so far. Cale and Jackson were able to keep family pets out of their home studios long enough to deliver their takes on the good teams, the bad teams, and a whole bunch in between! The topics of discussion included:

          • A dominant Dan Campbell win over Arizona and just how much trouble the Cardinals now find themselves facing (1:41)
          • The week that was in fourth down decision-making and whether we should be bemoaning “analytics” (10:28)
          • Some personal content updates and earnest pleas to our listenership! (21:54)
          • How scared the rest of the NFL should be about the apparent resurgence of the Chiefs, especially on offense (24:00)
          • What the Patriots-Colts game Saturday night tells us about the bigger picture in the AFC (28:34)
          • Game balls, including offense (35:05), defense (39:52) and special teams (46:26)
          • The Uniform Games of the Week! (50:29)
          • And head-scratchers, which encompass two very broad and unfortunate topics this week (58:31)
          • Some final housekeeping and goodbyes! (1:13:31)

            • Thanks for tuning in for Episode 15. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod, @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

            1 hr 18 min
          • Ep. 14: Claypool Goes Off the Deep End

            School’s out for winter break, and that means this is the last in-studio episode of TMB until the playoffs. But thanks to the football gods themselves, it was an incredible week of content to go out on! Cale and Jackson went extremely long this week as per usual, but frankly, this episode could have been seven hours and the laughs wouldn’t have stopped. Here are just a few of the highlights of the conversation:

            • Whether Sunday’s loss in Tampa was a net positive or negative for the now must-win Buffalo Bills (2:18)
            • A long overdue top-to-bottom discussion of the very dangerous Green Bay Packers (11:30)
            • Attempting to make heads, tails, or just anything out of the AFC North (17:51)
            • Urban Meyer talk... grab your popcorn (26:34)
            • Game balls, including offense (37:35), defense (42:52) and special teams (49:39)
            • Head-scratchers—some of the very best we’ve seen to date (54:14)
            • The Uniform Games of the Week (1:01:33)
            • And the Monday Night Football Uninformed Recap—which is actually an attempt at a recap, for once! (1:07:12)

              • Thanks for tuning in for Episode 14. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod, @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

              1 hr 13 min
            • Ep. 13: Flowers for Dan Campbell

              A baker’s dozen episodes of TMB are in the books, but it feels like things are still just getting started. As the final quarter of the NFL season approaches, Cale and Jackson took the time to put down their hot chocolate and share their latest football opinions. Topics included:

              • Chiefs confusion (1:28)
              • Our second straight week of attempting to diagnose the issues with the Ravens’ offense (9:59)
              • What Chargers-Bengals dictated to us about the top two sophomore quarterbacks (17:37)
              • Which teams currently in the AFC Wild Card picture would be the toughest outs come playoff time (21:26)
              • The happiest moment of Cale’s football season thus far: Dan Campbell pulling off his first victory (30:39)
              • Game balls, including offense (38:10), defense (44:09) and special teams (48:54)
              • The Uniform Games of the Week (52:53)
              • Head-scratchers, one expected and one surprise! (56:15)
              • And the Monday Night Football Uninformed Recap—surrounding the most important Monday Night game of the season (1:01:02)

                • Thanks for tuning in for Episode 13. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod, @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

                1 hr 9 min
              • Ep. 12: Vikings on Mushrooms

                As a November to remember officially comes to a close in professional football, Cale and Jackson were ecstatic to be back in their Newhouse School studio to talk about the wackiest events between the white lines. And as Cale said at the end of the recording, one could simply look at all the peaks in the audio waveform to determine that this episode was a hilarious one. The topics:

                • Although we believe power rankings are dumb, there’s a team we believe should be at the top of every list of power rankings this particular week (1:52)
                • Our impromptu, unofficial list of NFL contenders at the two-thirds mark of the season (6:34)
                • The languishing Baltimore Ravens offense (10:15)
                • The surge we’ve seen from the Patriots, and where they stack up against the rest of the AFC (15:46)
                • A delightful, inexplicable tangent about the Bengals defense (23:09)
                • Why Jackson is DONE putting his hopes into any teams hovering around .500 (26:17)
                • Game balls, including offense (33:25), defense (39:09) and special teams (44:26)
                • The Uniform Games of the Week (48:38)
                • A particularly egregious pair of head-scratchers (52:10)
                • And the patented Monday Night Football uninformed recap! (1:01:02)

                  • Thanks for tuning in for Episode 12. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod, @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

                  1 hr 8 min
                • Ep. 11: Cale, Put Your Records On

                  For the first time in the eleven-week history of the Tuesday Morning Blitz, hosts Cale and Jackson tragically had to record over Zoom, due to the minor logistical issue of 2,500 miles separating them on Monday. Yet distance is no object when two gentlemen share a passion for breaking down football storylines, so this episode promises to deliver all the zany TMB content you know and love. The topics of discussion this week were:

                  • The extent to which Cale believes running backs DO matter (2:11)
                  • Our vindication concerning the Tennessee Titans after their deceiving wins the previous couple weeks (6:31)
                  • An elaborate metaphor centered around Corinne Bailey Rae, because... reasons? (11:35)
                  • Some long overdue Philadelphia Eagles love, and some side debates about whether the Cowboys or Birds have a more promising window moving forward in the NFC East (16:28)
                  • Game balls, including offense, with an array of honorable mentions (26:36), defense (39:49) and special teams (44:25)
                  • The head-scratchers of the week, which unfortunately focused on some familiar punching bags (46:56)
                  • Our best uniform games from the weekend (55:36)
                  • And the patented Monday Night Football Uninformed Recap! (58:14)

                    • Thanks for tuning in for Episode 11. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod, @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

                    1 hr 2 min
                  • Ep. 10: Extreme Volatility, Mac Jones Adulation and... Jaguar Tongues?!

                    We’ve officially hit the double digits, friends. Week 10 (and concurrently, episode 10) brought us lots more confusion, some hideous blowouts, and a lot of enjoyable discussion topics! That meant Cale and Jackson had to spend some time in the podcast studio cranking out a podcast decked out with typical TMB hilarity. This week’s laundry list included:

                    • Why we think some games, particularly from last week, can be completely ignored (1:13)
                    • Why statement wins also sometimes aren’t as impressive as they look on the surface (3:30)
                    • The incredibly befuddling season the Seattle Seahawks are having, featuring a Tuesday Morning Reading from Russell Wilson himself! (8:27)
                    • Why Tampa needs Antonio Brown and Rob Gronkowski back PRONTO (13:03)
                    • Our first (and probably only) installment of Halftime, a.k.a. Jackson doing his homework for Radio Sportscasting on the air! (18:36)
                    • Game balls, including offense (22:31), defense (32:54) and special teams (37:26)
                    • Our best uniform games from the weekend, followed by a Jaguars uniform discussion that will reverberate throughout the annals of history (42:12)
                    • The week’s worst head-scratchers, which includes a personal anecdote that was so egregious, it couldn’t go ignored this week (49:48)
                    • And the patented Monday Night Football Uninformed Recap! (58:04)

                      • Thanks for tuning in for Episode 10. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

                      1 hr 3 min
                    • Ep. 9: Are There Any Good Football Teams?!

                      We’re at the midway point of the 2021 NFL season... and we’ve come to the conclusion that we know absolutely nothing about the teams we’re watching, where things are headed or anything in between! But fearless hosts Cale and Jackson nonetheless tried their very best to draw out some kernels of truth from the mystifying week it was in professional football. This week’s Countdown includes:

                      • An admission from the two hosts that we do not understand what is happening in the league right now (0:15)
                      • A wide-ranging discussion of the AFC playoff picture, which somehow involves ELEVEN teams with winning records at the moment (2:39)
                      • Homer talk about the Patriots for the third week in a row (11:02)
                      • Discussions of some teams that have been completely miserable the past few weeks and how, if at all, their problems can be solved (17:08)
                      • Why Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. Is currently our overwhelming favorite to win NFL MVP at 44 years of age (29:10)
                      • Game balls, including offense (31:48), defense (36:29) and special teams (42:02)
                      • Head-scratchers... EVERYWHERE (45:54)
                      • Our favorite uniforms on display during the Week 9 action (52:34)
                      • And a discussion of what promised (at the time) to be a very boring Monday Night Football game—especially without another chance to enact the ManningCast Curse! (56:57)

                        • Thanks for tuning in for Episode 9. Be sure to follow @TMB_Pod on Twitter if you like football (which you probably do, if you’re reading this), and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

                        1 hr 2 min

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                      Jackson Roberts of TwoTV Sports and Cale Clinton of Football Outsiders are here to provide you with a weekly dose of zany professional football content. They'll take you through the Countdown, in…